DNC Wrap-Up: Day 1

Last night was night one of the Democratic National Convention, and it was a packed event! The night was filled with speeches from  Representative Nancy Pelosi, Representative Elijah Cummings, Hillary for America Campaign Manager John Podesta, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Bob Casey, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Al Franken, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Senator Cory Booker, and many more. The headliner of the night was First Lady Michelle Obama who delivered an impassioned speech supporting Hillary Clinton, and she firmly said, “I’m with her.”

Senator Sanders, Clinton’s rival for the party’s nomination, spoke in an attempt to unify the party behind Clinton. Sanders said that while he understands the disappointment of his supporters, it is important that the party unites and defeats Republican Donald Trump in November. He said that Clinton understands “the real problems facing this country and has offered real solutions – not just bombast, fear-mongering, name-calling and divisiveness.” Videos from a number of key speeches are below and all videos from the event are available on the DNC YouTube channel.

The DNC also featured several videos highlighting Clinton’s career and attacking Trump’s divisive attitude. With the two videos below, the DNC highlights Clinton’s commitment to combating substance abuse while the other video highlights Trump’s use of outsourcing as a business strategy despite his call for American made products.

You can follow the convention live on most television news stations or watch it live online. Be sure to follow along on Facebook, Twitter (follow #DemsInPhilly), Instagram, and check out the full schedule of events on the Convention’s website. Each day, we will post a schedule of the day and the speakers scheduled for that night.

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News Source: The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today

Clinton Endorsed by 13 of the Women Senators

On Monday evening, Hillary Clinton was joined by 13 of the 14 Democratic Senators at an event in Washington, DC. All 13 announced their endorsement for Clinton as president. Each of the Senators took turns explaining why they supported Clinton. Those providing an endorsement included:

• Tammy Baldwin (WI)
• Barbara Boxer (CA)
• Maria Cantwell (WA)
• Dianne Feinstein (CA)
• Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
• Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
• Mazie Hirono (HI)
• Amy Klobuchar (MN)
• Claire McCaskill (MO)
• Barbara Mikulski (MD)
• Patty Murray (WA)
• Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
• Debbie Stabenow (MI)

The Senator who was notably absent was Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. A video from the event is available on CSPAN.

While in the Washington, DC area, Clinton also attended a private fundraiser hosted by Lauren and Devin Talbott in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She also attended a fundraiser in DC hosted by Asif Mahmood. As with all private events, the fundraiser was closed to the press.

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News Source: NBC News

Clinton Outlines Economic Agenda

In a speech today in New York City, Hillary Rodham Clinton gave the first economic  speech of her presidential campaign. She spoke about a number of topics including: raising wages for the middle class, reigning in Wall Street bankers, and creating a stronger economy for everyone. Clinton’s can best be outlined in three categories:

1. Strong Growth. Growing the economy by expanding employment opportunities, tax relief for small businesses and middle class Americans, comprehensive immigration reform, investing in clean energy, increase funding for scientific and medial research, establish an infrastructure bank, and make college more affordable. She also called for equal pay for women, affordable health care, paid sick and family leave, and affordable child care.
2. Fair Growth. Clinton’s strongest argument was that if you work hard, you have a right to expect something in return. She called for raising the minimum wage, reduce health care costs, supporting labor unions, tax reform, expanding early childhood learning, and encouraging businesses to share their profits with employees.
3. Long-Term Growth. In the long term, she called for reforming the capital gains tax, increasing benefits and training for workers, focusing on long term investments, imposing stricter accountability for Wall Street, and planning for the future.

In addition to outlining her her economic plan, Clinton criticized her Republican rivals for the failed trickle down economics strategy saying, “For 35 years, Republicans have argued that if we give more wealth to those at the top by cutting their taxes and letting big corporations write their own rules, it will trickle down — it will trickle down to everyone else.”

Today’s speech, held at The New School, was the result of several hundred meetings between Clinton’s team and economic advisers, including Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Clinton’s speech was applauded by many Democrats and liberals as many of her policies appear to have been inspired by Senator Elizabeth Warren, someone who has been pushed to run for president by many. Senator Warren and Clinton have met and discussed economic policy.

A video of the full video of the speech is above. You may also read the full transcript by CLICKING HERE.

Video Source: YouTube

News Source: CNN, The Wall Street Journal

Campaign for Gubernatorial Candidate Martha Coakley (MA)

Friday, October 24, 2014

Hillary Rodham Clinton made a speech at a campaign event for Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidate Martha Coakley. In her 25-minute long speech, Clinton talked about better pay for women, improved childcare, and paid family leave. Clinton also attacked Wall Street for its part in the crisis and praised Senator Elizabeth Warren for her dealings with the Wall Street banks following the crisis in 2009. Governor Deval Patrick and U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey also attended the rally.

Video from the event is currently unavailable and will be posted when/if available.

News Source: WHDH